‘Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition’ title update 8 now available

If you’re one of the many, many gamers who chooses to spend countless hours playing Minecraft on the Xbox 360, be prepared for an update the next time you log in. The eighth title update has been released by 4J Studios. By and large a bug fix update, the developers have stated that it is important that they fix the issues that are plaguing the game before they continue adding “new” features.

The most notable fix is the change to nether fortresses. If you were one of the many people, like myself, who searched the nether for a ridiculous amount of time looking for fortress, you may have been wasting your time. According to 4J, prior to this update, it was not a guaranteed fact that all nethers included the massive structure. Now that has been fixed and everyone can get their fair share of blaze rods. The full patch list is below:

Fix for random crash on Kick Player.

Fix for a random crash on loading the tutorial.

Fix for freeze when writing on a sign as an autosave starts.

Fix for crash when attempting to enter an online enabled game session after losing connection to the Xbox LIVE service.

Performance improvement for the Enchantment interface.

Fix to display a message when monsters are nearby on trying to sleep in a bed.

Fix for an issue causing blocks to reappear after being destroyed when the server is busy.

Fix for Experience Orbs being invisible for a period of time when created.

Fix to force a Nether Fortress, Blaze Spawner and Nether Wart to always be present in the Nether for a newly created world.

Fix for autosave not working when the host has gone into an idle state.

Fix to increase the spawn rate for Mooshrooms.

Change to make Blazes drop Glowstone Dust as well as Blaze Rods.

Fix to player experience level display in two player vertical splitscreen mode.

Fix for Quick Move not being possible while holding something in the cursor.

Fix for armor position on Bad Santa when sat down.

Changed “Download Content” menu to “Minecraft Store.”

New photo frames for avatar items in the Minecraft Store.

Fix for Magma Cube hit boxes.

Added an Awkward Potion to the Potions page in the Creative Menu.

Fix to show the aura of enchanted items for other players in an online game.